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(No Model.)

R. SPBAR. GUMBINBD PEN AND PENCIL HOLDEN ANDAENASBR. No. 425,527.Patented Apr. l5, 1890.

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RALPH SPEAR, OF FRTH, BAVARIA, GERMANY.

COMBINED PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER AND ERASER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,527, dated April15, 1890.

Application filed February 7, 1890. Serial Nm 339,544. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I', RALPH SPEAR, a sub ject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Frth, Bavaria, Germany, have invented a new auseful Improved Combined Pen and Pencil Holder and Eraser, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture ot' an improved combined penand pencil holder and eraser, so arranged that when closed the articlehas the appearance of a cigar.

In order to enable myinvention to be fully understood, I will describehow it can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Figure l is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a longitudinalsection, of my combined pen and pencil holder and eraser closed. Figs. 3and 4 are sections, respectively, of the two parts which form the case.Fig. 5 is an elevation of the body or part of the case which holds thepen and pencil. Fig. 6 is a view of the pen and pencil, which arevremovable; and

Fig. 7 is a view similar to that shown in Fig.

(i, but with the pen and pencil placed therein in the position for usingthe pen.

Similar letters in all the gures represent similar parts.

In carrying out my invention I provide a Wooden case formed in two partsa, and b of nearly equal lengths, which, when placed together or closedup, have the external appearance of a cigar, as shown in Fig. l. Thebody partb of the case serves to receive a holderc for the pencil d andpen e. This holder c is reversible, so that either the pencil d or thepen e can be used as required. One end of the part b of the case isreduced, as shown at f, and on this reduced part f the other part or capa of the case tits like a socket.

g g represent .splits in the reduced part f, so as to cause the part fto act as a spring, which not only serves for better holding thereversible pen and pencil holder or stock c, but also to assist inholding the cap a when closed upon the part b. h is a piece of anysuitable erasing material, which is placed in the outer end of the capa, and which, when the device is closed, as in Fig. l, has somewhat theappearance of the ash on the end of a cigar.

From the preceding description it will be seen that I obtain a neat andcompact combined pen and pencil holder and eraser, which, when closed,not only shields and protects both the pen and pencil from possibleinjury, but also has the ,appearance of a cigar in course of beingsmoked, thle eraser indicating ashes.

To make use of the devicej the cap a is removed, and either the pencilor pen can then be used as required.

In the drawings, Fig. 7 shows the pen e in position for being used. Ifit is required to use the pencil, the holder c is withdrawn from thecase b and reversed, so that the pencil d Will project from the case l).The eraser h can be used either when the case is closed, as in Fig. l,or when the cap dis removed, as in Fig. 3.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim isl. A pen and pencil holder and eraser constructed in twonearly equal lengths, combined With and adapted to clasp a reversiblepen and pencil stocker receiver in one of its lengths or parts, and toreceive and incase the projecting part of such stock in its other part,and also having the eraser in the blunt end of the holder, theWhole,when the two lengths are put together, resembling a cigar, asshown and described.

`2. In a combined pen and pencil holder and reversible pen and pencilstock c, incased therein, as set forth,a case or holder made in twoparts or sections c b, as set forth, one of which is partially socketedin the other, and is provided with a number of splits, acting as aspring, which serve the double purpose of holding stock to place andalso ot holding the two sections together.

RALPH SPEAR.

`Witnesses:

G. F. REDFERN, JOHN E. BoUsEIELD, Of the firm of G. F. Redfern et* U0.,4 South Street, Fe'nshwy, London, Patent Agents.

